Imagemaking Demo 2: Duct Tape Prints

Graphic Design is all around us! Words and pictures—the building blocks of graphic design—are the elements that carry the majority of the content in both the digital world and the printed world. As graphic design becomes more visible and prevalent in our lives, graphic design as a practice becomes more important in our culture.
Through visual examples, this course will teach you the fundamental principles of graphic design: imagemaking, typography, composition, working with color and shape... foundational skills that are common in all areas of graphic design practice. I don't just want you to watch a video of someone talking about design, I want you to MAKE design! If you want to be a designer you have to be a maker and a communicator, so this course will offer you lots of opportunities to get your hands dirty with exercises and with more practical projects.
At the end of this course you will have learned how to explore and investigate visual representation through a range of image-making techniques; understand basic principles of working with shape, color and pattern; been exposed to the language and skills of typography; and understand and have applied the principles of composition and visual contrast. If you complete the course, along with its optional (but highly recommended) briefs, you will have a core set of graphic design skills that you can apply to your own projects, or to more deeply investigate a specialized area of graphic design.
To succeed in this course you will need access to a computer. You can complete this course without one but it will be tougher. Access to, and a beginner's level knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite programs, such as Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign will help you, especially if you want to complete the optional briefs.

CS

An ok course for beginners. A bit too basic for someone who has already had experience in design, but is great anyway cause it breaks things back down to the simplest parts to help you remember roots.

MY

Nov 15, 2017

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first i am very thankful to you to give me this opportunity to understand graphics designing in the real way . its very creative course i really learn a lot from this course . amazing . thanks a lot.

從本節課中

Week 1: Fundamentals of Imagemaking

This week we are going to look at how images function in terms of conveying denotative and connotative messages, I'll show you a range of analog and digital imagemaking techniques and discuss how they work. In the first peer review assignment you'll create your own series of images, experimenting with formal techniques. Later, you'll have the opportunity to rework those images to enhance their ability to communicate an idea through connotation in an optional assignment: give it a try, it'll help you develop your communication skills as well as your formal skills!

教學方

Michael Worthington

Faculty, Program in Graphic Design

腳本

I'm gonna make a print by cutting apple shapes from this duct tape. I will put this shape on a paper and ink it with this oil-based stamp ink to make a plate. These materials are all easy to find, and you can do it from your home. First of all, I'm just gonna cut this. I'm putting on my cutting mat so I can cut a shape out of it more easily. So, I'm just cutting an apple shape from the tape To make it look more like an apple I'm gonna clip a little hole. And, I am putting that on a paper. And I have this ink, oil-based ink. And I'm applying it on that shape that I just cut out. Then take another new piece of paper and I'm gonna make the print out of it. So I'll just put it on top of What I just made and by rubbing it, hoping to get some prints out of it. And I think we have a little apple print here. I wanna make a little more of apples with it, around it, so make it a little group. I have some of these pre cut apples here. And here I'm making, I'm composing them together. And yeah, we are missing some stem. And maybe some of them have a leaf in it. Maybe one apple can be the side way. Gonna make one more here. A little leaf for that one too. And let's see what it look like. A print. Take a new paper. And rub it again. I'm putting some pressure on it so I don't miss any shape from that I made. And I have some apple prints here, and I know that I used this to make this print, but I kind of like the space too, the orange tape with the red ink on it, so I have another apple print here.